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Obviously the team has been much better since Attanasio has been around but it seems to me he didn't want to invest much money on players this off-season. The rotation has major questions and if they prove to be real contenders this year it would shock any non-fanatic. I guess when the fans spend their money on season ticket packages as soon as they are available what incentive does Attanasio really have to improve the club's personal. Before the Brewers started to turn it around last year I went to a couple games with extra tickets. I couldn't give them away. But they were paid for. If this year's team stinks blame the fans.

that is such a weird and slanted way of looking at things for this team. what the owner is saying is that they think the young guys they develop are better than options out there, and if they fizzle out, they have flexibility to trade and absorb money this and next year.

Just another fair weather fan that would rather blow money on a Suppan kind of acquisition rather than going with our own talented youngsters. They way Attanasio sees it, as do most baseball people, there was no decent pitchers out there other than the bank busters that always seems to fizzle in Milwaukee. Our young guys are good, why not go with them? If they falter, he said he would make some moves. Good call Mark!

"Before the Brewers started to turn it around last year...." they were playing a number of highly-paid, under-performing free agents. When they started playing essentially the same team they will field this year, they kicked the snot out of the NL.

It would have been absurd for Atanasio & Dalton to NOT give these guys a chance given their showing last year. If they perform well, the Brews have cash to spend at the trade deadline.

What would be the point of building the system if you were going to sign every 35 yr old FA pitcher you can find?Mark is right,spot on.bring up the young guys ad see what they can do.IF it works,Milwaukee is in it at the end of the season,they sell thousands of tix on game day..draw 3M for the season, awesome tailgates in the parking lot and a fun time for all and a playoff spot ( or at least be in it at the end)

Sure the kids did well towards the end of last season but the baseball season is a marathon. I think Yo, Estrada and MAYBE Fiers can eat up innings but then you have Narveson coming off injury and Perralta and Rogers who have done next to nothing. Yes way to go Mark. If he would've opened up his wallet a little and added, say, Dan Haren who signed a one year 13 mil deal with the National this team would be a dark horse canidate to win it all going into the year. If you applaud the owner for not investing in the team what are you really saying? Your saying thank you for being cheap. Thank you for "developing" players while championships can be won. Let's continue to strongly support this thing called Mark Attanasio's bank account/team. I hope the young guys do well but you need innings to be eaten and eaten well for 6 months and you got to spend a little money in baseball to get that done. I'm not going to say that Suppan or Wolf were great but they ate innings. It's a team sport and if 2 or 3 of a team's SP can't get through 4 innings in a week that will kill a bullpen. If you believe in the guys this team currently has you are asking a lot.

Dan Haren was awful last year. He finished strong but his ERA was over 5 for much of the year. Also he throws like 88 MPH. And yeah Peralta doesn't have as much experience but I am more optomistic about him than Fiers.

after getting burned on suppan and wolf, and not being able to keep greinke, i think he was wise not overspending on the available free agents. milwaukee is going to have to be successful for the most part with starters they develop.

He should get an ovation for the great job hes done in his time in Milwaukee,especially his undeafted record at M.P.He stated he wanted to test the FA market ( he never tested it before).He did what he thought he had to do and the Brewers did what they thought best for the organization.Now,lets see if hes worth the cash LA paid him.( I have the feeling LA will be the 2013 version of the Miami Marlins,not by greinke though)

I don't agree with that. The Marlins signed Buerhle, Bell, and Reyes and expected to contend with pretty bad pitching. The Dodgers have Kershaw, Greinke, Beckett, Billingsley, and Harang/Capuano. Their rotation is very good. Then in their bullpen they have Jansen, Bellasario, Guerra, Guerrier, League, and they just signed Howell. That's very above average. Then their linuep is unreal. Kemp and Gonzalez are capable of hitting 40 HRs, Hanley Ramirez is a .300/25 guy, Eithier is a .300/20 guy, and then if they can get Crawford to get back to where he was and Dee Gordon, they might be the best team in baseball. Hate to say it because I hate them.

I Love the Brewer cances this year all our current young pitchers have done a awesome job when the arose from the farm system last year. Hopefully Gamel can stay healthy cause his batting looks promising for the Brewers offense and maybe more good news coming with a speedy return of corey hart. We will be underdogs this year but that is fine by me better to exceed expetations than not. Looking good Brew CrewGO BREWERs!!

Im pretty optimistic.After Greinke was traded,Wolf was released and Marcum was out injured and many of these young guys were up,the Brewers went on a real nice run,coming from several games back to almost reach the WC spot ( losing out in the final days).That was impressive AND that included the worst Bullpen many people have seen in years ( and the Brewers did a Real nice job of rebuilding half of it)question is,can the youngsters pace themselves for a full season instead of a full minor league season.

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